In Pics: Delhi Metro Pink Line – Everything you need to know about new Metro Line

1. Delhi Metro Pink Line is a 59-kilometer stretch long line that connects Majlis Park Metro Station to Shiv Vihar Metro Station. On Wednesday, March 14, a part of the Delhi Metro Pink Line will be open for public. People can now board the Metro from Majlis Park in North Delhi and can head towards South Delhi at Durgabhai Deshmukh South Campus Metro Station. The distance between the two stations is 21.56 km. It will cover 12 stations on the Delhi Metro line with interchange facility available to the various line such as Azadpur on Yellow Line. Netaji Subhash Place on Red Line, Rajouri Garden on Blue Line and Dhaula Kuan on Airport Line.

2. For the first time, the South Campus of Delhi University will be connected to the North Campus of Delhi University.

3. The height of the viaduct at Dhaula Kuan intersection is 23.6 meters. This is as high as a 7-storey building and is the highest point of Delhi Metro so far surpassing Karkarduma where the Metro is 19 meters above the ground.

4. Care for the environment has been one of the cornerstones of Delhi Metro’s functioning. Carrying its legacy forward, all the twelve new Metro stations of this section have also been certified as ‘Platinum’ by the Indian Green Building Council.

5. Like in the other sections of Phase 3, the stations of this section have also been decorated with attractive artworks and installations.

6. The Majlis Park – Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus Metro Corridor of the Delhi Metro will be inaugurated by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi on March 14.

7. For the first time ever, travelators are being installed at the foot-over bridges for the interchange at Rajouri Garden and Durgabai Deshmukh Metro stations.

8. A capacity of 1.5 MWp solar PV power plants have been installed on the rooftops of Mukundpur depot and an additional capacity of 1.5 MWp is under installation on the service roads and Ground-mounted sites of this depot.

9. To conserve the rainwater, 100% of rainfall is being captured by Rain Water Harvesting Structure. Rain Water harvesting pit has been designed to capture the rainfall on viaduct also and being recharged to the ground so that water table is maintained.

10. New signages can be seen on the Delhi Metro. Letters displaying the names of the stations are highlighted and there are highlighted arrows which inform the passenger about the direction in which the train is going to go.